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  • Inro with decoration of Portuguese figures, Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century
    Wood with black and gold lacquer

    H. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
    The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 (1975.268.178)

    Not on view   Last Updated April 12, 2011

    The mutual fascination with which the Japanese and Europeans regarded each other after their initial contacts in the late sixteenth century was expressed in part by Japanese art objects that incorporated images of Westerners as part of the ornamentation. This inro, which was worn suspended from the waist and used to hold medicines and other small items, is decorated with the images of three Portuguese men, dressed in their distinctive pantaloons and jackets with large, ruffled collars.

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    Inro with decoration of Portuguese figures, Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century
    Wood with black and gold lacquer

    H. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
    The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 (1975.268.178)

    Not on view   Last Updated April 12, 2011


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